Azo dye.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WILHELM HEBZBERG AND QSWALD SCHARFENB ERG, F SCHNEBERG, NEAR BERLIN,GERMANY, ASSIGNORS T0 ACTIEN GESELLSOHAFT FfiR ANILIN FABRIKATION, OF

BERLIN, GERMANY..

azo DYE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILHELM HERZBERG and OswALn SGHARFENBERG, citizensof the German Empire, residing at Schoneberg,

.near Berlin, Germany, our post -'oflice addresses being, respectively,2& Landshuterstrasse and 8 'Wartburgstrasse, Schtineber'g,

near Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Azo Dye,

of which the following is a specification.

We. have found that by combining the diazo compound of2-methoXy-5-nitrol-amiv notoluene:

I NH:

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which may be obtained by acting with 'sodium methylate upon 2 chloro 5.-nitro 4'- aminotoluene and which forms long yellow prisms, melting'atabout 153 G5, with 2- naphthol a new red monoazo coloring matter isproduced. I This new coloring matter,

insoluble in. water, is more especially adapted .for the manufacture ofpigments which are distinguished bytheirbright.redshade and theirfastness to -light. In manufacturing such pigments the coloring matteras to-thp purposes in the dry former as a paste may be mixed with ausual addition, such as aluminium hydroxid, barium-sulfate and the'like;'but the coloring matter may be also prod'uced in the presence ofa suitable. sub- 3 stratum. The pigments, thus obtained, on

account of their clear shades, their insolu-.

bility in water, their great fastness to light,

spirit and oil, are adapted just as well for rinting wall-papers as forlithographyand or oil-colors.

The following example serves to illustrate the invention: '18.5 parts,by weight,

of 2 methoxy nitro 4 aminotoluene are diazotized by means of 33 parts ofhydro chloric acid B. and 6.9, parts of sodium nitrite. The filteredsolution of the diazo compound is combined with the solution of 14.4parts of Q-naphthol, 8L5 parts of causticsoda-lye 40 B. and 30 parts ofsodium acetate. The azo compound separates. It is drained, washed. withwater and if necessary dried and finely pulverized. -The c0loring-matter thus obtained forms a bright red powder, insoluble inwater, insoluble in coldalcohol, but sparely soluble in hot alco- 1101with orange color. It dissolves in concentrated sulfuric acid to aviolet solution, which by adding ice separates the coloringmatter inorange flakes. By strong reduction 4.5-diamino-2methoxytOluene and 1-amino-2-naphthol are formed.

Having thus described our invention and in what mannerit may beperformed, what we claim is,-

The herein-described new red monoazo coloring-matter derived from2-methoxy-5- nitrol-aminotoluene and Q-naphthol and corresponding to theformula:

being more especially adapted for the manufacture of pigments and beinginsoluble in water, insoluble in cold alcohol, sparely soluble in hotalcohol, soluble in concentrated sulfuric acid to a violet solution,which separates the coloring-matter in orange flakes on addition of ice,and being split off by action of strong reducing agents to 4,5-

In' testimony whereof We have hereunto set ourhands 1n presence of twosubscrlbing wltnesses.

WILHELM HERZBERG. OSWALD SGHARFENBERG.

'Witnesses:

WOLDEMAR HAUPT, HENRY HASPER.

diamino-2-methoxytoluene and 1-amino-2- naphthoL-

